The
history of mankind is usually represented as the tale of a long and painful struggle against nature, in which generations of mortals have through the ages, and by slow degrees, adapted themselves to their material environment, in order in turn to modify it to their own advantage.
In
that marvelously spiritual and practical chapter of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" so well named "Footsteps of Truth," our inspired Leader, Mrs.
The Bible is a compilation of writings extending over a period of some four thousand years, and since the last book in it was written, practically another two thousand years have passed.